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Natasha’s sure that her friends love her. But does that mean they didn’t try to kill her?
Natasha is the most popular girl in school. So why was she pulled out of a freezing river after being dead for thirteen minutes? She doesn’t remember how she ended up in the icy water that night, but she does know this—it wasn’t an accident, and she wasn’t suicidal.
Now Natasha’s two cl ...more
Natasha is the most popular girl in school. So why was she pulled out of a freezing river after being dead for thirteen minutes? She doesn’t remember how she ended up in the icy water that night, but she does know this—it wasn’t an accident, and she wasn’t suicidal.
Now Natasha’s two cl ...more
Paperback, 413 pages
Published
July 14th 2016
by Gollancz
(first published February 18th 2016)
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Well, well, well … I know a couple of new names that belong in the Burn Book.
The names of those who are still alive, anyway. *evil laugh*
Natasha died for 13 minutes. She drowned in the lake. Now, some people believe it was intentional, but why would Natasha, the most popular girl in school, commit suicide?
And why are Hayley and Jenny, her closest friends, acting so weird lately?
I needed a mystery book with teenage drama. Normally I’m not so specific about what I need, but I thought I’d read th ...more
The names of those who are still alive, anyway. *evil laugh*
Natasha died for 13 minutes. She drowned in the lake. Now, some people believe it was intentional, but why would Natasha, the most popular girl in school, commit suicide?
And why are Hayley and Jenny, her closest friends, acting so weird lately?
I needed a mystery book with teenage drama. Normally I’m not so specific about what I need, but I thought I’d read th ...more
Oct 01, 2015
Liz Barnsley
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13 minutes is a brilliantly constructed YA crime novel – and psychological thriller- that has some incredibly fascinating characters, that magical Sarah Pinborough touch when it comes to getting all up inside your head and is also as addictive as chocolate. More. More addictive than chocolate.
Tasha is pulled from the water and revived – she can’t remember why or how she ended up there but is starting to distrust her closest friendships. She turns to her ex best friend Becca to help her discover ...more
Tasha is pulled from the water and revived – she can’t remember why or how she ended up there but is starting to distrust her closest friendships. She turns to her ex best friend Becca to help her discover ...more
Sarah Pinborough REALLY caught my attention with Behind Her Eyes (because, you know, #wtfthatending), and I was wondering if it was a one time deal, but after reading this book I actually want to go catch up on her entire back catalog of books. Yes, it was that good.
This YA story relies heavily on today’s use of social media and technology in bullying. I am both at once thankful that I grew up during a time when this didn’t exist yet, yet also extremely frightened for my children. I have read a ...more
This YA story relies heavily on today’s use of social media and technology in bullying. I am both at once thankful that I grew up during a time when this didn’t exist yet, yet also extremely frightened for my children. I have read a ...more
I’m going to have to stay away from ‘mean girl’ type books I think. At least for now anyway.
I can’t remember the last time I was this indifferent to absolutely every single character in a book like I was here.
There were a lot of words on pages yet characters still pretty much one dimensional for me. The second half got bit better but nothing can save the repetitiveness of the middle.
Quite a letdown I would say. Especially considering how beautiful that cover is.
rating: ★
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I can’t remember the last time I was this indifferent to absolutely every single character in a book like I was here.
There were a lot of words on pages yet characters still pretty much one dimensional for me. The second half got bit better but nothing can save the repetitiveness of the middle.
Quite a letdown I would say. Especially considering how beautiful that cover is.
rating: ★
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Although "13 Minutes" by Sarah Pinborough is marketed as YA I hope it reaches a much much wider audience. The story concerns itself with mainly four or five sixteen year old girls and just how nasty and horribly they treat each other .. Think "Mean Girls" mixed with a healthy dose of mystery woven expertly through the well written plot.
The title "13 Minutes" refers to a young girl Natasha, whose friends call her 'Tasha', who is found floating in a freezing river by a man walking his dog early o ...more
The title "13 Minutes" refers to a young girl Natasha, whose friends call her 'Tasha', who is found floating in a freezing river by a man walking his dog early o ...more
But whatever Becca said now might come back on her in bitchy subtweets and status updates and knowing looks. Words ran like barbed wire around the teenage community of this small town, ready to scratch and tear and snag you.
What struck me most about 13 Minutes was the dark, gritty, toxic reality of female friendships displayed here. Girls can be such bitches in high school (because that's the age we're talking here). They backstab without thinking (or better yet, not caring) of who they are h ...more
One morning a man is out walking his dog when the dog seems to see something to get him worked up so investigating further the man comes across a young girl in the icy water. When he sees the girl move a bit he jumps into action calling for help and jumping in to save her and perform CPR until the authorities arrive and take over.
After being revived Natasha has no memory of what landed her in the freezing water that morning that lead to her being dead for thirteen minutes. She really can't reme ...more
After being revived Natasha has no memory of what landed her in the freezing water that morning that lead to her being dead for thirteen minutes. She really can't reme ...more
I have very mixed feelings on this book. On the one hand, it was an intense, gripping thriller that kept me guessing from start to finish. On the other hand, I disliked every single character. They were nasty, cruel and I didn't care for them at all but I'm assuming that was mostly intentional, considering the book. There were also examples of homophobic and ableist language being used and the constant focus on weight, dieting etc was something I didn't enjoy in the slightest. Trivialising and d
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Disclaimer: This book was sent to me by the publisher, Flatiron Books, via NetGalley for an honest review.
Opinion: *Sigh*…do you feel it guys? October is coming. Oooooh the leaves are beginning to fall; it's starting to smell like brisk air and dying trees! Girls are buying pumpkin spice lattes, and those lovely goths and wiccan’s are patiently waiting for Halloween. So here I am, giving the gift of words to put you in the mood of October…if you haven’t yet transitioned. A story with drownings, ...more
Opinion: *Sigh*…do you feel it guys? October is coming. Oooooh the leaves are beginning to fall; it's starting to smell like brisk air and dying trees! Girls are buying pumpkin spice lattes, and those lovely goths and wiccan’s are patiently waiting for Halloween. So here I am, giving the gift of words to put you in the mood of October…if you haven’t yet transitioned. A story with drownings, ...more
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“What’s the difference between a psychopath and a sociopath?”
First things first for all of you who have been following along . . . . .
IT’S A MAJOR AWARD! I read the required five selections for the Winter Reading Challenge and since I have no ability to limit myself – especially when it comes to mysteries and thrillers, I have a whole bunch more checked out/on hold at the library.
13 Minutes came on my radar due to a comment my fri ...more
“What’s the difference between a psychopath and a sociopath?”
First things first for all of you who have been following along . . . . .
IT’S A MAJOR AWARD! I read the required five selections for the Winter Reading Challenge and since I have no ability to limit myself – especially when it comes to mysteries and thrillers, I have a whole bunch more checked out/on hold at the library.
13 Minutes came on my radar due to a comment my fri ...more
(Source: I received a digital copy of this book for free on a read-to-review basis. Thanks to Orion Publishing Group and NetGalley.)
This was a YA mystery story, featuring a girl who’d been dead for 13 minutes, and then revived.
We had several important characters in this book, not least of all Natasha who was dragged from a river and dead for 13 minutes. It was quiet easy to feel sorry for Natasha, especially when it seemed like her friends might have been trying to kill ...more
“I wish she’d died.”
This was a YA mystery story, featuring a girl who’d been dead for 13 minutes, and then revived.
We had several important characters in this book, not least of all Natasha who was dragged from a river and dead for 13 minutes. It was quiet easy to feel sorry for Natasha, especially when it seemed like her friends might have been trying to kill ...more
Utterly addictive - I raced through it in two days. Can't wait to see the Netflix series.
When they pull Natasha out of the river, she's been dead for thirteen minutes. Thirteen dark, cold minutes. It's amazing the teenager even lives; in fact, it's just pure luck that a man and his dog stumble upon her and pull her from the river's icy clutches. Tasha, as she's known, has no memory of how she wound up in the river, but she knows it wasn't intentional on her part. In fact, she's pretty sure two of her closest friends, Hayley and Jenny, had something to do with it. The two seemed weir
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Dec 03, 2017
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YA has lost its edge for me lately. There are only so many wallpaper fantasy novels and "first love" romance novels that I can handle before I start to feel like I've eaten too much Halloween candy. I used to read YA exclusively but lately I've mostly limited myself to romance novels and, of course, nonfiction.
But 13 MINUTES, with its unique premise, called to me. What if a girl died for 13 minutes, only to be brought back, and couldn't rem ...more
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Thank you to Flatiron Books and Netgalley for providing an ARC for review.
Sarah Pinborough boasts two of my favorite things: she is a masterful writer and she's British. When I saw the opportunity to read 13 Minutes, her upcoming American release, I knew I had to have it. I enjoy reading YA contemporary romance from time to time, but never before had I read a YA crime novel. This book is top-notch with twists and turns I didn't see coming. It is Mean Girls on cr ...more
Thank you to Flatiron Books and Netgalley for providing an ARC for review.
Sarah Pinborough boasts two of my favorite things: she is a masterful writer and she's British. When I saw the opportunity to read 13 Minutes, her upcoming American release, I knew I had to have it. I enjoy reading YA contemporary romance from time to time, but never before had I read a YA crime novel. This book is top-notch with twists and turns I didn't see coming. It is Mean Girls on cr ...more
5 of 5 stars at The BiblioSanctum https://bibliosanctum.com/2017/10/02/...
No joke, I was left breathless and a little shaken after I finished this book, feeling like I had just stepped off the world’s scariest roller coaster. Being a fan of the author since her supernatural historical horror novel Mayhem, I knew full well her talent for writing thrills and dramatic suspense, but 13 Minutes was something else. This is Sarah Pinborough at her best.
The story told through the eyes of two teenagers, ...more
No joke, I was left breathless and a little shaken after I finished this book, feeling like I had just stepped off the world’s scariest roller coaster. Being a fan of the author since her supernatural historical horror novel Mayhem, I knew full well her talent for writing thrills and dramatic suspense, but 13 Minutes was something else. This is Sarah Pinborough at her best.
The story told through the eyes of two teenagers, ...more
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I'm really impressed at just how much I enjoyed 13 Minutes. I'm not usually a big YA reader (although I have enjoyed various books from this genre in the past, I do tend to read adult fiction in general), but I do love a good thriller regardless of what age it's aimed at, and this novel was so gripping and intriguing that I just couldn't stop reading!
The writing is very engaging and really drew me in. As the novel is aimed at the YA market it is, at times, a littl ...more
I'm really impressed at just how much I enjoyed 13 Minutes. I'm not usually a big YA reader (although I have enjoyed various books from this genre in the past, I do tend to read adult fiction in general), but I do love a good thriller regardless of what age it's aimed at, and this novel was so gripping and intriguing that I just couldn't stop reading!
The writing is very engaging and really drew me in. As the novel is aimed at the YA market it is, at times, a littl ...more
Dang! Teenage girls can be so freaking mean. I received the ARC of 13 Minutes from Flatiron Books. I enjoyed it. It was intense. I didn't really like any of the characters. I felt sorry for all of them, but didn't really "connect" with them. It was a good book; worth reading, but not one of my favorites.
Geniaal, briljant, gewoon echt geweldig!
I kind of expected the twist at the end, yet it still surprised me. I had no idea what was going on 20% of the time, but damn this book is so good. (Original rating: 4 stars)
Update (March 4th 2017): A week after I finished this book, it's still bothering me a bit. Not because it leaves an impression that lingers, but because I feel like it's not as good as I first judged it to be. When I actually think about it, it left me with some questions, and the writing style was all over the place. So I'm ...more
Update (March 4th 2017): A week after I finished this book, it's still bothering me a bit. Not because it leaves an impression that lingers, but because I feel like it's not as good as I first judged it to be. When I actually think about it, it left me with some questions, and the writing style was all over the place. So I'm ...more
a very dark twisted story set around 3 popular girls at school. The 'love' the hate and the lies that follow these girls to the very doorstep of death and danger. The secrets they keep are set to self destruction. Trust no one.
It's definitely one of the best books I've read this year. The main characters and their complex personalities are both terrifying and terrific because we all know people like that.
The plot is gripping, you won't be able to stop reading and when you think you know it all ,it's when you know nothing at all.
A must read for fans of YA lit and for those interested in an intensive course on deception.It won't disappoint you.
Updated Review:
3.5 out of 5 Stars.
"We have secrets together now. We should at least be Facebook friends."
Pitched as "Mean Girls for the Instagram age," 13 Minutes centers on a group of truly heinous British teens that are simply too vindictive to function.
Long gone are the days of secret carbo loading and trying to make "fetch" happen.
Instead, we're introduced to the "Barbies" -- a trio of blonde BFFS -- that take maintaining the high school hierarchy to a drastic new level.
Told through m ...more
3.5 out of 5 Stars.
"We have secrets together now. We should at least be Facebook friends."
Pitched as "Mean Girls for the Instagram age," 13 Minutes centers on a group of truly heinous British teens that are simply too vindictive to function.
Long gone are the days of secret carbo loading and trying to make "fetch" happen.
Instead, we're introduced to the "Barbies" -- a trio of blonde BFFS -- that take maintaining the high school hierarchy to a drastic new level.
Told through m ...more
I won an ARC of this book from a goodreads giveaway. It was amazing. There are twists and turns and I really didn't see the ending coming. Highly recommend
Oké. Ik heb één groot WAT HEB IK IN GODSNAAM GELEZEN-gevoel bij dit boek. Het is, zeker tegen het einde, zó bizar en qua personages zó anders dan alles wat ik ooit gelezen heb. Het is spannend en verslavend, een soort Pretty Little Liars, en de plot is echt heel erg bizar. De midpoint-twist liet me zowat tegen het plafond springen en de uiteindelijke onthulling was zo messed-up maar ook wel echt heel erg goed. Respect voor de auteur dat ze dit heeft gedaan. De drie sterren zijn omdat het voor mi
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Jun 29, 2017
Joost
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4.5/5 ster. Normaal rond ik sterren af naar beneden, maar dit is een uitzondering omdat ik helemaal in shock ben door het verhaal als geheel. Ondanks een klein minpuntje vond ik dit boek fantastisch en zo goed in elkaar gezet! Lees hier mijn recensie.
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13 Minutes is a masterfully crafted YA Thriller. It’s like Mean Girls on crack and had me so addicted that I’d stay up late into the early hours of the morning to read it.
Tasha is your notorious mean girl so when she’s revived after being dead for thirteen minutes in icy water she knows that this wasn’t an accident and that many people have a reason to want her dead. Her two sidekicks “the barbies” are acting suspiciously so, with nobody to trust and no memory of what happened that night, Tasha ...more
Tasha is your notorious mean girl so when she’s revived after being dead for thirteen minutes in icy water she knows that this wasn’t an accident and that many people have a reason to want her dead. Her two sidekicks “the barbies” are acting suspiciously so, with nobody to trust and no memory of what happened that night, Tasha ...more
Though I have never read Sarah Pinborough before, I have heard so much about her ability with language. In this book, I didn't notice it at all. And I mean that in the best possible way. I was so immersed in the story of this small group of girls; the words, tone, feelings were so perfectly them that the pages flashed before my eyes and all I saw was the characters.
13 Minutes may be a YA psychological thriller but there is so much truth in the relationships between people in the book that exten ...more
Aside from the fact that I completely loved to loathe every single one of these characters (except Biscuit the Dog) and that I'd pimp slap myself for not expecting that ending, this was one heck of a good book!
I'll definitely read more from this author.
I'll definitely read more from this author.
Wow. Bizar. Zo goed :O
Mijn recensie lees je hier: http://myperfectbooklife.blogspot.nl/...
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Sarah Pinborough is the NYT bestselling and Sunday Times #1 Bestselling author of 'Behind Her Eyes' which has sold in over 25 territories thus far and is in development for television with Left Bank productions. She has also written books across a variety of genres including the YA thriller 13 Minutes (in development with Netflix). Her next novel 'Cross Her Heart' comes out from HarperFiction in t
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